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CEPR looks at the impact of international financial institutions on economic growth, poverty rates, and trade around the world.

Reports

Missing the Story: The OECD's Analysis of Inequality

July 2012, David Rosnick and Dean Baker

The Necessity of a Lower Dollar and the Route There

February 2012, Dean Baker

Macroeconomic Policy, Growth and Income Distribution in the Brazilian Economy in the 2000s
June 2011, Franklin Serrano and Ricardo Summa

The Scorecard on Development, 1960-2010: Closing the Gap?
April 2011, Mark Weisbrot and Rebecca Ray

Television in Venezuela: Who Dominates the Media?
December 2010, Mark Weisbrot and Tara Ruttenberg

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Op-Eds & Columns

Indian Drug Ruling Strikes a Blow for Free Enterprise

Dean Baker
Truthout, April 8, 2013

More Room for Debate on Venezuela

Mark Weisbrot
The Guardian Unlimited, January 9, 2013
En Español | Em Português

Five Things We Can Do To Help Fix the Economy in 2013

Mark Weisbrot
Raleigh News & Observer (NC), December 27, 2012
McClatchy Tribune Information Services, December 27, 2012
Janesville Gazette (WI), December 27, 2012
Walworth County (WI), December 27, 2012
Boise Idaho Statesman (ID), December 27, 2012
Hanover Evening Sun (PA), December 27, 2012
Bellingham Herald (WA), December 27, 2012
Bradenton Herald (FL), December 27, 2012
Kansas City Star (KS), December 27, 2012
Juneau Empire (AK), December 28, 2012
Athens Banner-Herald (GA), December 28, 2012
Grand Forks Herald (ND), December 28, 2012
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (WI), December 28, 2012
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA), December 29, 2012
Wapakoneta Daily News (OH), December 29, 2012
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX), December 29, 2012
Willimantic Chronicle (CT), December 30, 2012
Lawton Constitution (OK), December 30, 2012
Gainesville Times (GA), December 30, 2012
Kokomo Tribune (IN), December 30, 2012
Salt Lake City Deseret News (UT), December 30, 2012
Press of Atlantic City (NJ), January 2, 2012

Antiquated Economic Policy Will Strangle Wealthy Country Growth in 2013

Dean Baker
Valor Econômico (Brazil), December 19, 2012

Em Português

Obama Signals Four More Years of Bad Relations With Latin America

Mark Weisbrot
Al Jazeera English, December 18, 2012
En Español

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Events

The Future of Greece and the Euro Zone

The Hunger Games and Real World Economic Injustice

The D-Word: Can Default Save Greece? Or Is Austerity the Answer?

Latin America Unites and the Challenge to U.S. Hegemony

Transatlantic Perspectives on Current Financial and Economic Developments

The Fletcher Symposium on Colombian and Venezuelan Affairs

From Cochabamba to Cancun: Press Breakfast with Pablo Solon

The IMF and Capital Controls: Policy Implications

Health Care Reform and International Trade: Lost Opportunity?

The IMF's New Lending in a Time of Global Economic Downturn

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Press Releases

CEPR Co-Directors Call on Federal Reserve to Intervene in Spanish Bond Market
June 4, 2012

Obama Administration’s Nomination of Jim Yong Kim for World Bank President is a Victory for Reform, CEPR Co-Director Says
March 23, 2012

CEPR Co-Director Welcomes Jeffrey Sachs' Reform Candidacy for World Bank President
March 1, 2012

Debt, Deficits, and the Dollar: 7 Key Facts
June 16, 2011

Appointment of Stanley Fischer to Head the IMF Would "Institutionalize Lack of Accountability," CEPR Co-Director Says
June 13, 2011

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Other Resources

Video: Ecuador`s Debt Audit: Implications in the Global Economic Crisis
Minister of Finance of Ecuador, María Elsa Viteri, discussed the implications of the Ecuadorian debt situation in the context of the global economic crisis, including the negative impacts of deregulation of the financial markets and the lack of appropriate established international mechanisms for auditing developing country debt. December 11, 2008.

Audio and Video: Financial Turmoil and the "Solutions" -- Will it Help or Worsen the Effects on Developing Countries?
Discussion with Martin Khor, Director of the Third World Network and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of CEPR, regarding the regulatory mechanisms needed to prevent another similar crisis, November 18, 2008.

Audio and Video: Global Financial Stability: What Role for the IMF?
Discussion featuring Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, Co-Directors at CEPR. October 9, 2008.

Video: Why the World Isn`t Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism
Book talk featuring CEPR Senior Research Associate Ha-Joon Chang on his book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. The New America Foundation and CEPR co-sponsored this event that aired on C-SPAN`s BookTV. February 1, 2008.

Audio and Video: CEPR Economics Seminar Series
Audio and video files of ten CEPR lectures on economic issues.

IFI Watchnet
This international network connects organizations researching the international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, and regional development banks.

Institutional Change and Economic Development
edited by Ha-Joon Chang
United Nations University Press (2007)

Bad Samaritans:
The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang
Bloomsbury Press (2007)

Ten Years After:
Revisiting the Asian Financial Crisis
a free e-book with a chapter by Mark Weisbrot
Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Asia Program (2007)

To order a free bound copy, email asia@wilsoncenter.org.

Latest Press Hits

The Free Market Experiment in Latin America: Assessing Past Policies and the Search for a Pathway Forward
Council on Hemispheric Affairs, March 29, 2013

Algún día hay que empezar
La Diaria, March 21, 2013

Market Didn't Redistribute Wealth Upward, It Was 'Deliberate' Policy
Daily Kos, March 17, 2013

Japan Aims to Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership
New Europe, March 15, 2013

Instantáneas en blanco y negro
Agencia Latinoamericana de Información, March 14, 2013